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Deputy Labour leader cites University of Leicester research in speech at Co-Operative Party economy conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/deputy-labour-leader-cites-university-of-leicester-research-in-speech-at-co-operative-party-economy-conference
Leicester academics were cited in a speech given by Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, at the Co-Operative Party economy conference on 28 January.
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University of Leicester sets up pilot scheme to support students escaping war, disasters and persecution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/displaced-students
Medical students affected by war, natural disasters and persecution are now able to continue their education in safety as part of a University of Leicester pilot scheme.
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Social stress key to population’s rate of COVID-19 infection, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/covid-19-social-stress
Mathematicians have analysed global COVID-19 data to identify two constants which can drastically change a country’s rate of infection.
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Completed PHDs 2000-2009
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/research-degrees/completed-phd/2000-2009
2009 Magnus Gestsson - Commercial galleries in Copenhagen, London and Reykjavik: A comparative study of the formations, contexts and interactions of galleries founded between 1985 and 2002.
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Prejudice & Pride: exploring LGBTQ lives at the National Trust
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/prejudice-and-pride
This research project enriched and informed the National Trust’s 2017 programme that marked 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.
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Monitoring Jupiter’s Atmospheric Heartbeat over Three Decades
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/24/monitoring-jupiters-atmospheric-heartbeat-over-three-decades/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 August 2020 Long-term infrared monitoring of Jupiter’s equatorial stratosphere over three decades revealed a natural cycle of variable winds and temperatures.
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Governments, Parties, Parliaments and Public Opinion (G3PO).
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/governments-parties-parliaments-and-public-opinion
The University of Leicester’s Parties, Parliaments and Public Opinion (3PO) research cluster brings together scholars from the fields of comparative and British politics.
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Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting
A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...
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John Bonner
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/john-bonner
It is, with much regret that we have learned of the death of John Bonner who held numerous senior roles in the University from the 1960s until his retirement in 1996. Professor Peter Jackson writes: John graduated in economics from the University of Hull in 1954.
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UK experts call for a refined, universal definition of long COVID
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/covid
Two leading UK experts in infectious diseases who played a major research role during the pandemic have called for a refined, universal definition of long COVID